At-Will Employment Symmetry Invoked for Engineer A Departure Right
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/178#At-Will_Employment_Symmetry_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Departure_Right
Properties
Instance of
At-WillEmploymentSymmetryandEngineerMobilityRight
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#At-WillEmploymentSymmetryandEngineerMobilityRight
Applied to
ABC's inability to ethically condemn the departure itself
Engineer A's decision to establish his own firm
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer A's right to depart ABC and establish an independent firm is the reciprocal of ABC's right to terminate Engineer A's employment; the absence of a no-compete agreement confirms that departure itself is not ethically impermissible
Confidence
0.94
Importance
high
Interpretation
The ethical scrutiny focuses not on whether Engineer A may depart — he may — but on the manner of departure, including non-disclosure of Clover City's solicitation and subsequent competitive conduct
Invoked by
Engineer A Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period Departing Engineer
Tension resolution
Departure right is affirmed; ethical obligations govern the manner of departure and post-departure conduct, not the departure itself
Source Evidence
Source text
There was no 'no-compete agreement' between Engineer A and ABC Engineering Company.
Text references
Six months later, Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City
There was no 'no-compete agreement' between Engineer A and ABC Engineering Company.
TTL
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case178:At-Will_Employment_Symmetry_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Departure_Right a proeth:At-WillEmploymentSymmetryandEngineerMobilityRight,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "At-Will Employment Symmetry Invoked for Engineer A Departure Right" ;
proeth:appliedto "ABC's inability to ethically condemn the departure itself",
"Engineer A's decision to establish his own firm" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's right to depart ABC and establish an independent firm is the reciprocal of ABC's right to terminate Engineer A's employment; the absence of a no-compete agreement confirms that departure itself is not ethically impermissible" ;
proeth:confidence "0.94" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "178" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The ethical scrutiny focuses not on whether Engineer A may depart — he may — but on the manner of departure, including non-disclosure of Clover City's solicitation and subsequent competitive conduct" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Voluntary Non-Solicitation Period Departing Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "At-Will Employment Symmetry and Engineer Mobility Right" ;
proeth:sourcetext "There was no 'no-compete agreement' between Engineer A and ABC Engineering Company." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Departure right is affirmed; ethical obligations govern the manner of departure and post-departure conduct, not the departure itself" ;
proeth:textreferences "Six months later, Engineer A decides to establish his own firm in Clover City",
"There was no 'no-compete agreement' between Engineer A and ABC Engineering Company." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 178 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T08:48:26.010542"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 178 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
178
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00
First case
178
Generated
2026-03-01T08:27:34.942228+00:00
Attributed to
Case 178 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T08:48:26.010542
Generated by
ProEthica Case 178 Extraction